Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-10-28
.CROCKER AND TOWNE.
The Railroad POtentates
Visit Los Angeles
AND DEPART FOR SAN DIEGO.
On Their Return They Will Settle
All Matters Relating to
the New Depot.

In the special Car " Director" Vice
President, Charles Crocker and Con
eral Manager A. n. Towne OF the
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
accompanied by their private secretar-
les Messrs. Arthur +. Browne and u
F. Richardson arrived in Los Angeles
Yesterday. The coach containing
these gentlemen WAS attached to the
train which arrived here at II 20, and
on pulling up at the depot a special
engine was Immediately attached and
the party whirled away to Santa
Monica. A brief stay only was made
there and at 4 O'Clock the magnates re-
arrived in this city and alighted amid
q crowd of curious railroad men and
one OR two reporters who
had been sharpening their
pencils for an hour previous.
The first to step from the car was MIR.
Crocker and then came the we'll
known form OF Mr.. Towne. The two
gentlemen stepped q few feet along
the platform and halted to converse
with one or two gentlemen who We're
awaiting them. A HERALD reporter
walked around the group several
times, watching for a chance to inter-
view them, and at last his opportun-
ity came when Mr.. Towne glanced
casually aside. =,
"Is your visit down here connected
with any new railroad scheme, Mr..
Towne," said he.
"No, sir" was the reply; "this is
simply Il tour of inspection. We wish
to see how everything is progressing
along the line, and are going to take u
look at San Diego now that We are
down south"
"When do YOU proceed there and
when ret, rn," asked the reporter.
"We will leave here in very few
minutes, and expect to be back by
Saturday night. Then we will remain
over here two or three days to arrange
some business matters"
connected with the new depot, l
SUPPOSE" suggested the scribe.
"Oh. us far as that goes, that is all
settled and thing of the past" said
MIR. Towne, and then he turned to
speak to Colonel Hewitt who was
anxiously awaiting an audience with
him.
The reporter then turnefh his atten-
ton in the direction of Mr.. Crocker
who was standing near by in deep
conversation with Mr.. Frank Sabichi.
"What do you think OF Los Angeles
by this time, Mr.. Crocker,' were the
words the reporter heard as he APP
preached.
at is simply wonderful" was the
response; 1.-The manner in which the
city has grown. / can scarcely be-
lieve that this is the small hamlet
that was here seventeen years ago
when 1 inspected it before our line
came through. | have not had time
to look round YET, but from what have
seen through the windows OF the car
and the amount of business that is be-
ing done at our offices here, | can re-
alize how metropolitan you have be-
come. | must take Il good survey of
it on Sunday, after We get back from
San Diego"
The reporter then ventured to intro
duce himself to Mr.. Crocker, who
laughed and said: Il know what you
want, but there is no news to be had
from me. Everything is moving ahead
with us as satisfactorily as can be
wished, and beyond that l don't know
of anything that l have to tell you.
"How about" started the reporter,
but his query was cut short by MIR.
Crocker's saying. "Excuse me; am
busy with this gentleman now"
and seeing that any further efforts
to corkscrew any information out OF
the gentleman would be in vain the
reporter sauntered away and stood at
distance watching their further
movements. They did not waste a
moment during their brief stay Mr..
Towne devoting himself principally to
the depot officials, while Mr.. Crocker
chatted with a few personal friends
who were welcoming him back to the
City after his long absence. After a
brief interval they novel in the dir
ection of their car, bade adieu to their
attendant friends and soon disap-
peared in the distance on their jour
ney to San Diego.
The reporter then went in search OF
MIR. Sabichi, to whom Mr.. Crocker
had been apparently very confident,
and succeeded in extracting the fol-
lowing information Although it
has been definitely settled that the
new depot will be located on the
Wolfskill tract, great many difficult
ties have arisen regarding the placing
of switches and branch lines. Num-
erous protests have been en-
tered by the surrounding settlers
and on the return of Messrs. Crocker
and Towne an effort will be made to
satisfactorily settle all the disputes.
For that purpose the railroad repre-
sentatives will, Immediately on their
return from San Diego, hold q confer
ence with all those interested and en-
deavor to make arrangements which
will be accepted by ALL"
As regards the trip to Santa Mon
ica, the reporter could obtain no
definite information, but the fact that
the City by the Sea is invariably Wis,
tied whenever any Of the railroad
potentates come in this direction,
looks very significantly as if there is
"something in the wind" as it is not
likely that they visit it for pleasure s
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